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CASE varieties of this valuable cabinet-wood, and authentic 

 36. specimens of flower and fruit, from the timber-producing 

 trees, with sections of the wood, are much wanted.] 



On the bottom shelf of this compartment are specimens 

 of the hard and heavy wood of Dalhergia melanoxylon, 

 Guill. and Perr., used in Tropical Africa for furniture, &c. 

 Note a native comb of this wo(>d from East Tropical 

 Africa. 



No. 203. Blackwood or Rosewood of Southern 

 India (Dalhergia latifoUa, Roxb.), a large deciduous tree 

 widely distributed in India. The wood is extremely 

 hard, and of a dark colour, and is very valuable for 

 furniture, carving, fancy work, as also for cart-wheels, 

 gun carriages, &c. Note model of the Kootub of Delhi, 

 carved in Blackwood. Also picture frame, book-rest, 

 cups and other articles. 



Observe Paitan or White Chandan Wood (Dalhergia 

 hupeana, Hance), and pulley and model of a Chinese 

 Orderly carved in the wood. From the Ningpo District, 

 China. 



A series showing the variety in structure of the fruit 

 obtaining in the group of Dalhergieae arranged by the 

 late George Bentham, Esq., is exhibited on an adjoining 

 wall. 



Observe curious winged pods of Centrolohium paraense, 

 TuL, also specimens of Barwood, a well-known red dye- 

 wood from West Tropical Africa probably furnished by 

 Pterocarpus Soyauxii^ Taub. 



No. 204. Bastard Teak (Pterocarpus Marsupium, 

 Roxb.), a large deciduous tree of the forests of Central 

 and Southern India. The dark brown wood takes a fine 

 polish, and is much used in India for furniture, carpentry- 

 work, boat-building, &c. From incisions made in the 

 trunk of this tree KiNO is.obtained (No. 205); as it exudes 

 it has the appearance of red currant jelly, hardening 

 upon exposure to the air. It has astringent properties, 

 and is used in medicine on that account. There is a con- 

 siderable demand for this product for export, much of it 

 going to France. Over the window near this case is a 

 portion of a stem which has been deeply gashed to 

 obtain Kino. 



